Arlene from Israel comments on an uncomfortable link between Mahmoud Abbas' recent calls for Palestinian unity with those of Islamic Jihad after a suicide bomber killed three in Eilat.
| Two weeks ago, at a rally for Fatah, PA president Mahmoud Abbas said, "Let a thousand flowers bloom, and let our rifles, all our rifles, all our rifles, be aimed at the Occupation." Yesterday, shortly after the suicide bombing in Eilat, a masked spokesman for Islamic Jihad, one of the groups that claimed credit for the attack, said, "Our rifles, all our rifles are being aimed at the enemy." Dr. Michael Widlanski, PA media expert and Arabist, does not believe this is a coincidence. Rather, it seems that "the attack was an attempt to move the Palestinians away from killing each other by moving them back to killing Israelis," which is what was suggested by Abbas in his speech. |
The Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, an arm of Mahmoud Abbas' "moderate" Fatah party, also claimed responsibility for the attack.
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